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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 April 2020
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历庚子年三月十六
庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 庚辰 辛巳
Nayin White Wax Gold
Solar term
Pure Brightness
Pentad · tóng shǐ huá
Next solar term · Grain Rain 2020-04-19
Auspicious
Ritual bathing · Fasting and Taoist rites · Cleansing and exorcism · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Visiting family and friends · Building livestock pens · Planting · Haircut · Cleaning the house
Avoid
Opening for business · Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Digging wells · Burial
- Clash
- Pig · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Remove
- Lunar mansion
- Chariot · auspicious
- Nine star
- 三碧木
- Fetus god
- 厨灶床 外正西
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 辛不合酱主人不尝 巳不远行财物伏藏
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · yīn dé · xiàng rì · jí qī · wǔ fù · jīn táng · Bright Hall
Inauspicious stars
jié shà · wǔ xū · chóng rì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Controller of Fate | Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Heavenly Virtue | |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | Golden Coffer |
The almanac (huangli) is a Chinese folk tradition. Its rules come from historical texts such as the Xieji Bianfang Shu (1739); it is shown here as cultural heritage, not as a prediction or advice.
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